Tax & Accounting Blog

Any company worth its salt pays keen attention to customer service. Finding new ways to add value and improve the user experience are cornerstone tenets that can never be underestimated. Both are big drivers for the transition of Aumentum to a single-code line platform. A scalable platform will foster closer, more productive relationships with … Read More

Mike Cowles is in charge of assessment and taxation for Lane County, Oregon, a gorgeous part of the country that stretches from the rocky grandeur of the Pacific coast through the lush farmland of the Willamette Valley all the way to the Cascade Mountains. The county seat is Eugene, home of the University of Oregon. … Read More

Hackers are getting smarter — so we’re getting smarter, too. In 2015, hackers used information from social media to steal 724,000 taxpayers’ return data from the IRS Get Transcript system. In 2016, cybercriminals stole Social Security numbers from outside the IRS to obtain e-filing personal ID numbers that could be used to e-file returns. We … Read More

Over the last 18 months or so, bad actors have shifted their attention from performing tax refund identity theft against single consumers to what they deem as a more lucrative, data-rich opportunity: our profession. Cyberattacks aimed at accounting firms are a relatively new and very serious threat. Central to this trend is the fact that … Read More

Vietnam has adopted and maintained the World Customs Organization (WCO) Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System since March 1998. Subsequently, additional laws and changing regulations have been added leading to additional challenges for Vietnamese companies and the Multi-National Corporations moving operations to Vietnam. In Vietnam, all export and import shipments are required to have a … Read More